Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023
SFGate: Stolen $25,000 sign spotted on UC Berkeley fraternity’s roof, police say
SF Chronicle: Seven new suggestions for stopping car burglary
SF Chronicle: Million-dollar jewelry store heist: East Bay police arrest fifth suspect
SF Chronicle: Dianne Feinstein’s ‘significant medical expenses’ point to a harsh reality for everyone
East Bay Times: Boogaloo follower guilty of murder, attempted murder in 2020 Oakland ambush of federal officers
East Bay Times: Target says organized retail theft too much, will shutter stores in Oakland, San Francisco, Pittsburg
KRCR: CVS promises to boost staffing after pharmacists stage walkout over workload
KRCR: Former Burger King employee arrested for robbery in Weaverville, found with narcotics
KRCR: Eureka woman wanted for stabbing roommate to death turns herself in
KRCR: Humboldt Bay welcomes Fridtjof Nansen Cruise Ship
SF Chronicle: California’s first snow of season is coming to Sierra ski resorts
KRON: San Francisco DA Jenkins blames judges for fentanyl epidemic
KRON: California enacts first statewide gun and ammunition tax in the country
KRON: Hateful comments lead to virtual comment ban at Bay Area school board meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
The Street: CVS is permanently closing hundreds of stores for a surprising reason
Texas Monthly: Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas
NY Times : Online Marijuana Shops Make It Easy for Minors to Buy, Study Finds
The Guardian: Pornography driving UK teens towards child abuse material, say experts
NY Times : In Peru, a Fossil-Rich Desert Faces Unruly Development
Washington Post: Meet the whale that may upend the offshore oil industry
Washington Post: As government shutdown looms just days away, no agreement is in sight
Washington Post: Opinion: Please don’t self-medicate with psychedelic drugs
Washington Post: Home schooling today is less religious and more diverse, poll finds
The Guardian: Police investigate heist of $1.5m Buddha statue from California gallery
The Atlantic: So Much for ‘Learn to Code’
The Atlantic: The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom
The Guardian: Bob Menendez refuses to quit and says $480,000 in cash was for personal use
Courthouse News Service: Conservationists sue to stop feds from razing trees, burning land in two California parks
The Guardian: Off the reef and on the menu: fishers in the Caribbean wage war on the invasive lionfish
The Guardian: Brown bear cubs in Japan die of starvation amid salmon shortage
Courthouse News Service: More than 90% of California out of historic drought as water year ends
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon cannabis products recalled over Aspergillus contamination will soon be sold
AP News: Writers strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal
AP News: Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Nonbinary teen wins discrimination lawsuit against Greater Albany Public Schools
The Oregonian: Airstreams and vintage travel trailers shine at Goin’ with the Flo on the Oregon coast
The Oregonian: Frogs could get their own underpass on this Portland highway
AP News: First of thousands of Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
AP News: Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America’s largest and rarest tortoise species
AP News: America’s poor math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness
The Guardian: ‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
BBC: Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20, wounds 300, as refugee count doubles
LA Times: Photos: Thousands of asylum seekers cross from Mexico to Eagle Pass, Texas
LA Times: Federal firefighters will quit in droves if Congress doesn’t take action, union warns
LA Times: L.A. County offers 3,000 new mental health and substance use treatment beds in bid to end lawsuit
LA Times: Tearing down dams could save Western rivers — and also make climate change worse
Marin Independent Journal: Opinion: Increasing use of recycled water raises many questions
Marin Independent Journal: Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will sell historic retreat center
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